21st International Symposium on Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry
Date: April 14, 2025 - April 17, 2025
Event Location: Renaissance Aix-en-Provence Hotel, Aix-en-Provence, France
Organized by: ASTM Committee B10 on Reactive and Refractory Metals and Alloys
About the Event
The 21st International Symposium on Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry will be held April 14, 2025 through April 17, 2025. The symposium is organized by ASTM Committee B10 on Reactive and Refractory Metals and Alloys, and will be held at the Renaissance Aix-en-Provence Hotel, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Objective and Scope
The purpose of the symposium is to provide a forum for exchanging new information on the fabrication, testing, development, and characterization of both traditional and new zirconium-based materials used in the nuclear industry, including materials performance during normal, transient, and accident conditions as well as materials behavior during intermediate and long-term storage conditions. Of particular interest are studies that focus on identifying and understanding the mechanisms and behaviors of zirconium-based materials.
Appropriate topics for papers include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Basic Metallurgy and Processing
- Fabrication and Alloy Development
- Mechanical Behavior
- Corrosion and Hydriding
- In-Reactor Performance
- Irradiation Effects
- High-Temperature and Transient Phenomena
- Mechanistic Modeling of Processing or Performance
- Intermediate and Long-Term Storage Performance
- Coatings for Accident Tolerant Fuel
The language of the symposium will be English.
Both oral and poster presentations are planned. The John Schemel Award for the best paper of the symposium will be selected from the submitted papers. The best poster will also be recognized at the symposium.
Publication Information
Symposium presenters are required to submit their papers to the Selected Technical Paper (STP), an online and printed, peer-reviewed publication for the international scientific and engineering community. After the final selection of abstracts has been approved, the ASTM Editorial Office will send authors’ instructions via email only. STP papers should be full-length technical papers, significantly contribute to the technical literature, and must include a review of past work in the relevant area and present information of current interest or probe new fields. Please note that manuscripts for this symposium will have a 10,000-word limit. The limit includes tables and figures which, if normal size, are equal to about 250 words each. Author Instructions are available here. Manuscripts to be peer reviewed for the STP must be submitted to the ASTM Editorial Office online no later than February 28, 2025. The corresponding author (the author who is the main contact with ASTM Headquarters) will receive a copy of the paper in portable document format (PDF). All published authors will have the opportunity to purchase reprints of their papers at a nominal cost. Only those papers submitted by the manuscript due date will be included in the STP.
Technical Program
Registration
Registration is now open and will close on March 31, 2025. THERE IS NO ONSITE REGISTRATION.
The fees to attend this symposium are listed below and are in USD:
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Through February 28, 2025 |
March 1-March 31, 2025 |
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|---|---|---|
| ASTM Member | $1,150.00 | $1,650.00 |
| Non-member | $1,650.00 | $2,150.00 |
| Podium or Poster Presenter | $1,150.00 | $1,650.00 |
| Session Chair | $1,150.00 | $1,650.00 |
| Student* | $600.00 | $800.00 |
|
Optional Add On: STP (Upon Publication) |
$275.00 | $275.00 |
The symposium registration fee includes:
- Buffet lunch Monday - Thursday
- Morning and afternoon coffee breaks Monday - Thursday
- Symposium dinner on Tuesday evening
- Wednesday afternoon poster session social
All Attendees – All attendees must pre-register to attend this symposium and check in at the ASTM Registration Area to obtain their name badge before entering the event room.
*Students – Students may apply for the reduced registration fee provided they are a full-time student, are not employed full time, will not have their registration fee paid by their university or organization, and can provide a valid university email address for registration. Students must check in at the ASTM Registration Area on site, where they may be asked to show their valid student ID to pick up their name badge before entering the event room. To register as a student, please email symposia@astm.org.
Cancellations – A refund of the symposium fee will be honored only if requested at least 15 business days prior to the start of the event. To cancel your registration and request a refund, please contact Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org or +1 610-832-9522.
If you have questions concerning online registration, please contact Symposia Operations by emailing
symposia@astm.org or calling +1 610-832-9522, Monday - Friday 9:00am-3:00pm Eastern.
CEA Facility Tour
There is a planned tour of the CEA Cadarache research and development center on Friday, April 18th.
The tour is free to registered symposium delegates and includes round trip transportation from the Renaissance Aix-en-Provence Hotel to the facility. Lunch will also be provided.
Registration for the tour is required, limited to 48 people, and will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. You must register for the tour in conjunction with your symposium registration and before the registration cut-off date of March, 31, 2025.
All tour participants will be asked to provide the following personal details: surname/last, birth/first name, birth date, birth country, nationality, name of company/employer, position within the company, and a copy of their passport; to the Symposium Editorial Chair and tour host, Fabien Onimus, upon his request.
For more information details about the tour, please contact Fabien Onimus at fabien.onimus@cea.fr.
Technical Chair Contact Information
Editorial Chair: Dr. Fabien Onimus
Research Director, Professor
CEA - Saclay
Email: fabien.onimus@cea.fr
Symposium Chair: Dr. Michael Preuss
Professor for Structural Materials, Materials Science and Engineering
Monash University
Wellington Road, Clayton, Vic-3800, Australia
Email: michael.preuss@monash.edu
Professor of Metallurgy, Department of Materials
University of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
Email: michael.preuss@manchester.ac.uk
Continuing Education Units
Symposium attendees interested in receiving 2.7 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) must complete the CEU application form in the back of the program booklet and submit it to an ASTM staff member on site. You must be registered and have attended the entire event in order to receive the CEU’s. A certificate will be sent to the attendee approximately 2 to 4 weeks after the symposium concludes.
Hotel Information
The symposium will be held at Renaissance Aix-en-Provence Hotel, 256 Avenue de Pérouse, Aix-en-Provence, France 13100.
Please support ASTM International by reserving your sleeping room at our official Symposium Hotel and Meeting site.
You may make your hotel reservation by clicking the following link: Hotel Reservations
ASTM has contracted a block of rooms at Renaissance Aix-en-Provence Hotel. The special room rate for this event is 230 EUR per night and does not include taxes and fees. The rate is only available for the date range of 12th - 18th April 2025. If you will need a sleeping room outside of these dates, you will need to make separate reservations. Guests will be required to give a credit card at the time of booking to hold the reservation. The discounted rate will be honored until the ASTM block is full, but no later than Wednesday, 19th February 2025.
Rates are non-commisionable and will not be honered if booked through a third party.
Check-in: 3:00pm CET
Check-out: 12:00pm CET
Cancellation Policy:
You may cancel your booking free of charge until 28th March 2025 (by 23h59 CET).
Beginning 29th March 2025 the cancellation fee will be of one night charge ( 230€ ) . If you don't show up, the no-show fee will be the same as the cancellation fee. Free cancellation deadlines are in the property’s timezone – CET or GMT +2h
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